I Hate a Mystery

New Rant:
I watched this episode last night. It is the one where some items belonging to different personnel in camp go missing. Col. Blake discovers them in Hawkeye's foot locker and everyone begins to accuse him of being a thief. Even Mulcahey blames Hawk.
Here's the problem I have with it:
Hawkeye, with all his cunning wisdom, decides to crack the case of who is really stealing stuff by tricking Blake into announcing over the P.A. that he's keeping all the stolen items in his desk. When Hawk goes to check that night, sure enough the items are gone - re-stolen by the thief.
Now for the second part of his masterstroke:
During the middle of the night he loudly blares over the P.A. for the following personnel to came to the mess tent. Blake, Trapper, Spearchucker, Burns, Hoolihan, and a couple nurses, ect. so he can pretend he's a detective and trick the person into confession.
The problem is the thief, Ho - Jon, is never called to the mess by Hawk and has no real reason to show up. But he does anyway. It was really convenient for him to be there so he could be ousted by the hydrotetracycleen that turned his fingers blue. Oh, and here's the real kicker: If he was bluffing someone into a confession he was actually accusing one of the people he called to the mess as the thief. Hell, it could have been anyone of the dozens of people in camp but he only calls those close to him.
I need to switch to decaf.